Bracket clip



April 20, 1954 o. F. VETTERLI ET AL BRACKET CLIP 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 13, 1949 N 6/ ML5 N EEK VTAH mUP 6 r m E mw THE//? A TTOR/VEYS April 20, 1954 o. F. VETTERLI ET AL 2,675,979

BRACKET CLIP Filed Dec. 13, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTORS ORA/V F. VETTERL/ BQOBERT 0. PATERSO/V THE/f? 4T TOR/VEYS Patented Apr. 20, 1954 Oran F. Vetterll,

Albany, and Robert C. Paterson Berkeley, Calif. I Y 7 Application December 13, 1949, Serial No. 132,692 I 2 Claims.

1 l Our invention relates to article clips or holders, and more particularly to a bracket clip for holding a paint brush or the like.

Among the objects of our invention are:

(1) To provide a novel and improved bracket c p;

(2) To provide a novel and improved bracket clip adapted for removable anchoring to the edge preferred embodiments of the same, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings whereint Figure 1 is a three-dimensional view of one embodiment of our bracket clip anchored to the upper edge of a paint can for releasably holding a paint brush;

Figure 2 a fragmentary plan view showing the embodiment of Figure '1 as anchored to the upper edge of a can;

Figure 3 is a view in section through the em-- bodiment of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a three-dimensional view of a modified form of the device of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view in section showing the manner in which the embodiment of Figure 4 may be mounted on a wall surface;

Figure 6 is a plan view of a third embodiment of the invention;

Figure '7 is a side elevational view of the embodiment of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a view in section taken in the plane 8-8 of Figure '7;

Figure 9 is a view in section taken in the plane 99 of Figure 7.

Referring to the drawings for details of the invention in its various embodiments, the principal features of the invention reside in the provision of a bracket I involving a pair of oppositely disposed clip arms 3, 5 of resilient strip material having their upper edges deformed at correspondingly spaced points toward each other to pro vide cooperative grip edges 1, 9, respectively. These arms are supported in their proper rela tionshipto one another by anchorage meansinvolving a base plate H which spans the lower edges of they arms at one end thereof, and carries from its inner edge, a resilient tonguev l3 depending: therefrom at an angle of substantially 45 degrees to terminate approximately below the outer edge of the base plate.

Adjacent such outer edge of thebase plate are a pair of anchor tabs I5, I! adapted to hook ever a rim I9 of a can 2| or the like, and when so positioned, the tongue will bear against the inner surface of such canand brace the arms in position to receive and hold a brush or the like. The tongue preferably extends slightly beyond the outer edge of the base plate so that, when installed, it will normally support the arms at a slight angle above the horizontal to provide for the slight dropping of such arms in response to the weight of the item gripped thereby. Such design also imparts greater stiffness and loadcarrying ability to the device.

The above discussed features are common to all the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, though structurally certain differences exist. In the embodiment of Figurel, for example, the clip arms are formed by bending and then tilting them inwardly toward each other to provide the gripping edges, while the anchor tabs are struck from the base plate itself.

In the embodiment of Figure 4, the arms are formed similarly to those of the embodiment of Figure 1. In this embodiment, however, means is incorporated for selectively mounting the clip to a wall surface. Such means includes a wall plate 23 depending from the outer edge of the base plate and provided with screw holes 25 to permit of screwing the clip to a wall. A tab 26 struck from the wall plate adjacent the lower edge thereof, provides an abutment for the lower edge of the tongue to rigidly support the clip arms.

In this embodiment, the anchoring tabs for can mounting are preferably formed in the wall plate adjacent the outer edge of the base plate, and when it is desired to utilize the device for supporting a brush in a paint can, the lower edge of the tongue will be removed from its anchored position and permitted to engage the inner surface of the can while the anchoring tabs hook over the rim of the can in much the same manner as in the embodiment of Figure 1.

Referring to the embodiment of Figures 6 through 9, the gripping edges of the clip arms are formed by recessing such arms along their upper edges toward each other at oppositely disposed spaced points, and this has the effect of producing a wave in the upper edge of each of the arms. In this embodiment, the anchoring tabs are formed by turning down the outer end of the base plate to provide a shallow wall plate, and notching the lower edge of the same to form depending end fingers which are then turned up to form the tabs.

In order to. provide for the anchoring of this embodiment to a wall surface, a notch 29 is formed in the lower edge of the wall plate to enable this portion of the bracket to be slipped over the head of a nail or screw, and to perma-- nently affix the bracket clipin such position, the tongue is formed with a turned-down wall-engaging extension 3| which is perforated for the passage of a screw or nail.

An analysis of the various embodiments of the invention illustrated and described, will show that each of such embodiments may be stamped and formed with suitable dies from a single piece of sheet metal or equivalent meterial, and that no assembly operations are called for. Thus the device can be manufactured quickly and very economically, at the same time producing a device which will function efilciently for its intended purposes.

Accordingly, while we have described our invention in various forms and in substantial detail, the same is subject to alteration and modification without departing from the underlying principle and important features thereof, and we, accordingly, do not desire to be limited in our protection to such details as have been illustrated and described, except as may be necessitated by the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A one piece bracket for holding a brush or the like, comprising a pair of oppositely disposed clip arms of resilient strip material having lower edges in substantially a common plane, and means for supporting said arms from an anchorage, said'means including a base plate integral with and joining the lower edges of said clip; arms along a substantial portion thereof to define an inner edge of said base plate and an outer edge, a tongue integral with and depending from the inner edge of said base plate at an angle thereto and terminating at a point ap proximately below the outer edge of said base plate, and a plurality of anchor tabs struck from material integral with said base plate, said tabs being located in their entirety, adjacent the outer edge of said base plate and at a substantial distance above the terminating end of said tongue. in position to rest against the outer side of the rim-only, of a can to which said'bracket may be applied.

2. A one piece bracket for holding a brush or the like, comprising a pair of oppositely disposed clip arms of resilient strip material having lower edges in substantially a common plane,

- said clip arms having their upper edges, along corresponding spaced portions, closer to each other than along intermediate portions thereof, andmeans for supporting said arms from an anchorage, said means including a base plate integral with and joining the lower edges of said clip arms alonga substantial portion thereof to define an inner edge of said base plate and an outer edge, a tongue integral with and depending from the inner edge of said base plate at an angle thereto and terminating at a point approximately below the outer edge of said base plate, and a plurality of anchor tabs struck from material integral with said base plate, said tabs being located in their entirety, adjacent the outer edge of said base plate and'at a substantial distance above the terminating end of said tongue, in position to rest against the outer side of the rim only, of a can to which said bracket may be applied.

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